Bracket for display-counters



APPLICATION FILED DEC.1, 1919.

Patented May 17, 1921.

UNITED STATES rarsnrorrlc.

ARcHIBALnoooK, or MOUNT'VERNOM'AND CHARLES GREENBAUM, oF NEW' YQRKY1\T. Y.

BRACKET non nrsrLAv-oonnriins.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, ARCHIBALD Coon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Vernon, in the county of Vestchester and State of New York, and v CHARLES GREENBAUM, a citizen of the United States, residing at the v.city of New York, county of Bronx, and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Bracket for Display-Counters, of which the following is a specification.A

This invention vrelates to counter display cases and the objects of our invention are to provide display cases the front top and sides of which are of glass, the edges of which are protected by metal binding strips or a rail so that the edges of theglass will not be liable to be chipped when articles displayed in such cases are taken therefrom and handed to customers or returned by customers andl placed on top of the case or handed to the attendant. Also to provide a case which is composed of sections and to which sections may be added, or from which sections may be taken away.

IVe-attain these objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure l is a plan view of a case consisting of two sections partly broken away.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 'A

Fig. 3 is a detailed section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4t is a detailed section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The brackets 1 are composed of members 2 and 3 3c which are secured'together by the rivets 4. The members 2 are provided at their upper ends with a ring 5 adapted to receive a guard rail 6 which is held in position by set screws 7. The members 2 are provided with feet 2a by which they may be secured to the counter upon which thev Vdisplay counter is supported. Between the members 3 3 is a web 8 of lesser width than the members 3 3c which is secured in position by the rivets 4. Channels 9 are thus provided to receive the ends of the plates of glass 9a which form the front of the case. The members 3 3c are brazed to the horizontal top member 3b which is provided with an upwardly turned Alip 10. In the vspecification of Lett-erwrmt. y Pafentd May Application led December 1, 1919, Serial No.` 341,622. i 'Y base of the channels 9 is a pad 11 of rubber ory other suitablematerial upon which the glass, which forms the'front of the case, rests. The glass`r which forms the top of the case 14 rests on a pad 15 of felt or other suitable material. In order to prevent injury to the rear edge of the glass forming the top of thecase, we provide an angular strip of'metal 16 which is securedy to the upl standing' `lip 17 of the horizontal'top member 3b by screws 18.

In order to strengthen and stiffen thebrackets inwardly curved braces 12 are brazed at one end to the inner upright members 3c and at the other end to the horizontal member 3b and outwardly curved braces 13 are secured by rivets 29 to the braces 12 near their centers. The outwardly curved braces 13 are also secured to the horizontal member 3b by rivets 30 and extend to the rear of the horizontal member 3b. They are also secured by rivets 31 to the inner upright members 3c and are provided with feet 32, by which they may be secured to the'support upon which the display counter is mounted.

l/Ve cover the joints'between the plates of glass which form the top of our case with metal strips 19 secured in place by the bolts` The display case is firmly secured to the counter 26 by bolts 27 and nuts 28.

It is manifest that our casesmay consist of one or any desired number of unitsA and that after a case has been completed units may be detached and removed or addiy.

tional units added; that the structure is simple, light, strong and pleasing in appearance and that the edges of the glass cannot be readily chipped or broken by striking them with plates,y dishes or other articles-which are displayed therein which renders them espe-Vv f cially suitable for use in restaurants,.deli catessen stores and the like.

The rail or bar 6 not only fully protects Y the edge of theglass 14- but is ornamentalv in effect.

Having described our invention we claim: 1. A bracket for display counters comprising in combination upright members, a .A i

horizontal member, an inwardly curved brace` secured at one end to one of said upright `members and at the other end to said horizontal member, an outwardly curved brace secured at its lower end to said upright member, at its upper end to said hori- Y bers'having a ring at its upper end to receive a guard rail and a foot by which it may be secured to the support upon whichv the display counter is to be mounted.

12. A bracket for display counters comprising in combination a horizontal member adapted to support a glass plate which forms the top of the counter, spaced upright members brazed at their upper ends to said hori- Zontal member, a web of lesser width than said upright members secured between said upright members so as to provide channels for receiving and holding the glass plates which form the front of the counter7 an inwardlycurved brace secured at oneend to said horizontal member and at the other end to the inner of said upright members, an

outwardly curved brace secured to the inner of said upright members near the lower end thereof and at the other end to said hori- Zontal member and to said rst Amentioned brace near the center thereof, said outwardly curved brace beingalso provided with a foot which may be secured to the support upon which the display counter is to be mounted, a guard rail and a support secured to said upright members vhaving al ring at its upper end adapted to receive the guard rail and a foot by which it may be secured to the support upon which the display counter is to be mounted.

ARCHIBALD COOK.

CHARLES GREENBAUM. 

